RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location
...And my question remains, how do I create a D drive in an OSD task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael Niehaus Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:41 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Using disk deduplication is encouraged with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V. There were some concerns on what that would do to performance, but what they've found in testing is that it actually improves performance as it decreases the amount of IO generated by multiple VMs using the same blocks. Combined with tiered storage (e.g. add a couple of SSDs to a set of otherwise spinning disk drives) and you can get some major performance gains. Thanks, -Michael From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hunt Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:32 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location i thought de-duping a live VM was a big no-no??? On 6 September 2013 02:40, Marcum, John jmar...@babc.commailto:jmar...@babc.com wrote: XenDesktop John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.commailto:christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.com Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:29 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location What vdi solution? Vmware view handles this transparently. (it does it when the pool is created from the base.) Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.comhttp://www.us.sogeti.com/ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:13 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location This is a VDI environment. The storage guy wants to place the page file on a virtual disk that's not on deduped storage. How can I create a D drive in my task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Keith Garner Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 5:54 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Wait... what? What's wrong with C:\ ? No you can't place the Page File on a hidden share. Should be the root of a drive. Is this a separate physical disk, or the same disk with two big partitions? Same physical disk with two partitions, would be a bad idea for performance reasons, the hard drive would need to seek back and forth between the two partitions on opposite ends of the same disk for common frequent tasks like pagefile access and accessing os files in c:\windows http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070610071036AAjZdmV http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482 If this is a separate disk, then you can use VBScript/WMI calls: win32_PageFile or wmic pagefileset From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:44 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location I need to create a D:\ (hidden would be great) and place the page file on it during OSD. Anyone done that before? Is this documented anywhere? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message
RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location
I don't know about hidden but what about a DISKPART script or the built in storage cmdlets in PowerShell? Ed Wilson just recently did a 5-parter on the storage cmdlets on his blog. http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2013/08/26/automating-diskpart-with-windows-powershell-part-1.aspx Daniel Ratliff From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:26 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location ...And my question remains, how do I create a D drive in an OSD task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael Niehaus Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:41 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Using disk deduplication is encouraged with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V. There were some concerns on what that would do to performance, but what they've found in testing is that it actually improves performance as it decreases the amount of IO generated by multiple VMs using the same blocks. Combined with tiered storage (e.g. add a couple of SSDs to a set of otherwise spinning disk drives) and you can get some major performance gains. Thanks, -Michael From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hunt Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:32 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location i thought de-duping a live VM was a big no-no??? On 6 September 2013 02:40, Marcum, John jmar...@babc.commailto:jmar...@babc.com wrote: XenDesktop John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.commailto:christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.com Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:29 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location What vdi solution? Vmware view handles this transparently. (it does it when the pool is created from the base.) Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.comhttp://www.us.sogeti.com/ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:13 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location This is a VDI environment. The storage guy wants to place the page file on a virtual disk that's not on deduped storage. How can I create a D drive in my task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Keith Garner Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 5:54 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Wait... what? What's wrong with C:\ ? No you can't place the Page File on a hidden share. Should be the root of a drive. Is this a separate physical disk, or the same disk with two big partitions? Same physical disk with two partitions, would be a bad idea for performance reasons, the hard drive would need to seek back and forth between the two partitions on opposite ends of the same disk for common frequent tasks like pagefile access and accessing os files in c:\windows http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070610071036AAjZdmV http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482 If this is a separate disk, then you can use VBScript/WMI calls: win32_PageFile or wmic pagefileset From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:44 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location I need to create a D:\ (hidden would be great) and place the page file on it during OSD. Anyone done that before
RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location
Oh crap. I am so stupid... I need a second hard drive in the VM itself not a separate partition. If I just give the VM two drives will it automagically format and partition the second drive during OSD? Does it matter that the build and capture only had a C: if I am deploying to a machine with two disks? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marable, Mike Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 8:33 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location I use the built-in Format and Partition Disk action in the task sequence. [cid:image001.png@01CEAADD.F420AEC0] From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 9:26 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location ...And my question remains, how do I create a D drive in an OSD task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Michael Niehaus Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 8:41 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Using disk deduplication is encouraged with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Hyper-V. There were some concerns on what that would do to performance, but what they've found in testing is that it actually improves performance as it decreases the amount of IO generated by multiple VMs using the same blocks. Combined with tiered storage (e.g. add a couple of SSDs to a set of otherwise spinning disk drives) and you can get some major performance gains. Thanks, -Michael From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Hunt Sent: Friday, September 6, 2013 10:32 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: Re: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location i thought de-duping a live VM was a big no-no??? On 6 September 2013 02:40, Marcum, John jmar...@babc.commailto:jmar...@babc.com wrote: XenDesktop John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.commailto:christopher.catl...@us.sogeti.com Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 11:29 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location What vdi solution? Vmware view handles this transparently. (it does it when the pool is created from the base.) Christopher Catlett Consultant | Detroit [MCTS_2013_small] Sogeti USA Office 248-876-9738 |Fax 877.406.9647 26957 Northwestern Highway, Suite 130, Southfield, MI 48033-8456 www.us.sogeti.comhttp://www.us.sogeti.com/ From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com]mailto:[mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:13 AM To: 'mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com' Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location This is a VDI environment. The storage guy wants to place the page file on a virtual disk that's not on deduped storage. How can I create a D drive in my task sequence? John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.commailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Keith Garner Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 5:54 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.commailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location Wait... what? What's wrong with C:\ ? No you can't place the Page File on a hidden share. Should be the root of a drive. Is this a separate physical disk, or the same disk with two big partitions? Same physical disk with two partitions, would be a bad idea for performance reasons, the hard drive would need to seek back and forth between the two partitions on opposite ends of the same disk for common frequent tasks like pagefile access and accessing os files in c:\windows http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070610071036AAjZdmV http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482
RE: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location
Wait. what? What's wrong with C:\ ? No you can't place the Page File on a hidden share. Should be the root of a drive. Is this a separate physical disk, or the same disk with two big partitions? Same physical disk with two partitions, would be a bad idea for performance reasons, the hard drive would need to seek back and forth between the two partitions on opposite ends of the same disk for common frequent tasks like pagefile access and accessing os files in c:\windows http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070610071036AAjZdmV http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314482 If this is a separate disk, then you can use VBScript/WMI calls: win32_PageFile or wmic pagefileset From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:44 PM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: [MDT-OSD] Page File Location I need to create a D:\ (hidden would be great) and place the page file on it during OSD. Anyone done that before? Is this documented anywhere? _ John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP _ _ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
